lmjbot ninja'd newpixbot by posting the ENHANCED version of the DoubleStoryONG before the actual ONG. I'm not sure whether this is a problem, but if it is, an easy solution would be to let lmjbot post after newpixbot, e.g. 1 full newpix after ONGTime. This would allow OTTers to ninja both newpixbot and lmjbot.

The Real mscha wrote:I've added a link to the balthaviewer from my viewer, so at least you can now get to the ENHANCEment from newpixbot's posts in three clicks.

Sustainabilizer wrote:lmjbot ninja'd newpixbot by posting the ENHANCED version of the DoubleStoryONG before the actual ONG. I'm not sure whether this is a problem, but if it is, an easy solution would be to let lmjbot post after newpixbot, e.g. 1 full newpix after ONGTime. This would allow OTTers to ninja both newpixbot and lmjbot.

Someone must have clicked "ong this for me".newpixbot's post strategy is:A new frame appeared. Wait 30 minutes and post it if not ninjad.lmjbot's post strategy is:A new frame appeared. Post the previous one if not ninjad.

lmjbot gives as much time as possible to ninja unless someone asks her to post earlier.

Using frames t-1_0001 and t-1_0024, I zoomed and cropped the former so that the northern Africa images align.

Things to notice:

Even though the Africas are the same size, the whole Earth in frame 0024 looks smaller. This shows that the Earth animation is being done in 3-D: as we get closer to the surface, the horizon approaches us too, and the amount we can see decreases.

The central pixel of the image, marked with little white circles in both images, is west-southwest of Gibraltar in both images — but as we approach the Earth, the central pixel is also approaching Gibraltar.

The center of the white glow (reflection of the Sun) is also moving approximately towards Gibraltar. That is to be expected from the fact that we're approaching; no other movement, e.g. rotation of the Earth, is needed.

The big cloud formtions aren't moving too much. This zoom took 4 dips to ONG to us, but the time being depicted is passing more quickly (e.g. a few minutes of in-story time per frame); this conclusion is also supported by the previous observation regarding the position of the Sun reflection.

Sustainibiliser wrote:lmjbot ninja'd newpixbot by posting the ENHANCED version of the DoubleStoryONG before the actual ONG. I'm not sure whether this is a problem, but if it is, an easy solution would be to let lmjbot post after newpixbot, e.g. 1 full newpix after ONGTime. This would allow OTTers to ninja both newpixbot and lmjbot.

Since we're getting these ONGs once per beanpix/wavepix/luckypix/silentong (or 4 nopix)e:e, there's plenty of time for the bots to wait. I'd like it if these bots would wait at least an hourH… preferably two.

— mrob27

IN THE MOVIE "AN EROTTIC WOLPY"THEY HOTDOG CASBOTTLES INTO THE AFOREWHENAND THEY SEEMINGLY RETRONINJASPOILER THE ZANCLEAN FLOOD.IS THIS POSSIBLE, AND HOW MANY CASBOTTLES WOULD IT TAKE?

HHeretical yes, but should I call it a "nopix" during a time when there are ONGs?

I believe that does nothing until you enter your xkcd fora login name and password. Otherwise, how is it supposed to ONG the frame for you? Right? )

It tells bothasar_p lmjbot to ONG the frame for you, using balthasar_'s lmjb1964's login name and password. In BFTF, it used to be bothasar_p, but the mome of this newpage suggests that it's lmjbot now.(Hey, up to now this newpage belongs to experts of <computery stuff>, exclusively! ;–)

BTW, @mrob27, your tree-comparing GIF might be mustarded: In the photo of the tree⁷ I only see the upper part (about 3/5); the lower part is just grey. (I think it was OK when I saw it for the first Time, but I'm not sure about that.)

aftertime.zip contains the sources of the afterTime viewer, Did you notice interface, mschaviewer ketchup bot, t-1 remapping tool and the ONG bots.It does not include the source of the Silent Chronotransponder, SilentBot, automome and the bOTTeriada newpixbOTTification tool. Even though the ONGsystem depends on some of these. They may be made available in the future.

Also, the "ong this for me" is actually not a hyperlink, only looks like it.

That Earth, especially the sun reflection on the ocean seemed very familiar..., as if I've seen before.And I just found it.The Earth is most probably generated in Celestia (or something similar):

lmjb1964 wrote:Edit: Weird, I thought I was edited one of lmjbot's posts, but instead I was posting a new post. *looks again* What the ch*rp? I was sure that a post by lmjbot was the most recent post on the page, but there isn't one anywhere near. Am I hallucinating? I'm sooooo confused....

lmjb1964 wrote:Edit: Weird, I thought I was edited one of lmjbot's posts, but instead I was posting a new post. *looks again* What the ch*rp? I was sure that a post by lmjbot was the most recent post on the page, but there isn't one anywhere near. Am I hallucinating? I'm sooooo confused....

Yes, you replaced lmjbot's post with your own.

Ch*rp. Sorry, lmjbot! Sorry, everymolpy! What doofus. Do I need to re-ONG it? Or is that the one that newpixbot just ONGed?

ETA Never mind, just answered my own question. I'll go and put it back where it was.

Sustainabilizer wrote:In the photo of the tree⁷ I only see the upper part (about 3/5); the lower part is just grey.

That is because the tree shown to us by ggh is not perched upon a fictional berm of starsandsemencoffeecancerbabiesonice. The bottom 2/5 of the image is, as one would expect, completely non-fictional and thus is useless for comparing the branches, which was the point of my GIF. I found the original photo: The real tree is al-Barouk, Lebanon; the photo was taken on 2015 Jan 15th by Toni Hajjar and posted to Panoramio in 2007. Here I have resized it to match the t-1 ONG images:

It looks like the meteor is going to hit pretty soon. Maybe it causes an earthquake, as reported here after the Chelyabinsk event in early 2013. Maybe that closes up the strait of Gibraltar and begins a repeat of the Messinian salinity crisis.

Sorry, classes resumed just yesterday, which means I don't have a lot of free time again.

Also, I saw a mention to “handegg field” in these bands.

I've just done some overhauling in the XSLT files I use to parse the OTT, but I'm not done yet.In particular, I'm looking forward to identifying smileys as such; how would I know whether to enable_smilies otherwise?

[prediction]There is a seaish hammock tied to the tree1,4,7.[/prediction]

lmjb1964 wrote:Looks like this is happening either after the flood, or before the strait was blocked.

Looks like it. But in this case, what is the straight structure to the leftpast on which the tree1,4,7 is growing? It can't be the Gibraltar dam then. Unless it's after Time, and it's a remnant of the dam.

When I learned English at school, it was British English (which makes sense, for a European). Then when I registered at the xkcd forum I thought: “Well, it's an US forum.” So I registered as “Sustainabilizer” rather than “Sustainabiliser”. But then writing US English felt too unnatural for me (as opposed to reading it which is just fine), so I'm using British English most of the Time.

Conclusion: “Sustainabiliser” is perfectly okay.

mscha wrote:I still read it as “Sustainablitzer” every single time...

Not only you. Seeing this in the OTT motivated me to delurk.

Spoiler:

I'm not a Blitzer. I have been in the Present since the Dawn of Time.

: with some ketchup here and then

mrob27 wrote:I found the original photo: The real tree is al-Barouk, Lebanon; the photo was taken on 2015 Jan 15th by Toni Hajjar and posted to Panoramio in 2007.

Awesomeful!

So we know that the place of the non-hidden story is virtual.

I guess it's a seaish gazebo (with a garden?) at the Strait of Gibraltar, and the rope is leading to a hammock with a stick person in it.

lmjb1964 wrote:Looks like this is happening either after the flood, or before the strait was blocked.

Looks like it. But in this case, what is the straight structure to the leftpast on which the tree1,4,7 is growing? It can't be the Gibraltar dam then. Unless it's after Time, and it's a remnant of the dam.

Ok, the newest hiddenONGs look like it is the Gibraltar dam1, but before it blocked the sea1. Maybe it was built to use the tidal forces to generate electricity, so originally it let water through? And/or it could also serve as a strait street.

ZoomanSP wrote:Ok, the newest hiddenONGs look like it is the Gibraltar dam1, but before it blocked the sea1. Maybe it was built to use the tidal forces to generate electricity, so originally it let water through? And/or it could also serve as a strait street.

Well, it's pretty strait, but it does curve a little.

ENHANCE!

I ENHANCED something all by myself:Is there any significance to those two spots at the lower right side where the white line is broken, or is that m*stard?

Redundant:

Spoiler:

You helped Addams stay in her home, and gave her a better life. She thanks you, and so do I.smiley by yappo